Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL MAGAZINE Q Qlitip to the Seignnrp Qllluh On Saturday February 13th, the boys of Selwyn House School who wished to go to the Seigniory Club gathered at the Windsor station and put their bags and skis on two reserved racks, lmuch to the danger of the heads of those passing byll. After that there was a general rush for the news-stand by some of the smaller boys, and soon we pulled out for Montebello. We had a very pleasant trip, but everybody was glad to get out of the train and start off for the Seigniory Club. One lucky young boy managed to get himself a dog sleigh ride, many of the others looked at him enviously, as they were driven along in ordinary sleighs. :Xt last we reached the Club, and took our bags to our rooms. Those who had not been there before were surprised by its size, and set off to explore it before lunchg others skated on the club rink, and the rest ski-ed. An orchestra played supposedly modern tunes while we ate our lunch. After that we set oFf for the sixth fairway on waxed skis for the jumping. It was terribly slow, and Ken. Porter, who was up with us, did the longest jump, which was 27 feet. Some boys stopped before they even got to the jump, the snow was so sticky. Then everybody went swimming, except those who were not allowed. Two people kindly gave prizes for the junior swimming and senior diving, and so the spectators had something to watch. After dinner anyone who was playing in our hockey game that night put on their hockey things, and with a small crowd of those who wished to watcl'1, we set out to have our game. The ice was not very good, but the game was all right, and Ken Po:'ter's team won. Then we all drove back to the club, and, not very sadly, went to bed. Telephones rang in the morning for us to get up. and we went down to breakfast, hoping for a good day of skiing at Valley Farm. But after breakfast it began to pour with rain, which rather spoiled our hopes. However, two tournaments were organized, a ping-pong tournament, and a bad- minton tournament. Some boys played billiards, and occupied every table- which rather spoiled the morning of some of the other guests staying in the hotel Y One or two of us went curling, and on the whole a very good morning was spent. We were left pretty well to our own resources in the afternoon, but everybody found something to do, - even if it was only homework for Monday f Movies were shown earlier in the afternoon, and a lot of boys watched them. We had a very nice tea, and everyone was sorry to leave for the station. Resrtrsz-For jumping, swimming, badminton, ping-pong, and hockey were as follows: Senior ski jump, first, KI. L. Little, second, .-X. C. Scrimger. junior ski jump, first, T. M. Blaiklockg second, D. YY. Huestis. l33l

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1936-1937 .iff lzif troubles noi: are pau.- .Yoic his making 7710713-X'f0,Vl.' For h8f0Il71tffh8.'lI out at last: .llighlifv he .riamzg the axe .' Nloaatz - Lf-you liars zz prefnouiiirm Tha! fflt'-V,l'F nal about xzzxpiriozz, IP:-rfiv your .fzzppodzimz f -4 Take iz look bah1'mz'1f1eir barks .' XYN., Form -I. Zin Qlluha We found the life and customs of Cuba very different from Canada. The first things I noticed were the narrow and dirty streets full of beggars. Little poor children wore no clothes in the summer, but in cool weather a short shirt which covered the throat and chest, for the Cubans thought if the throat was warm the body would be warm. Another queer idea was that moonlight made one sick and crazy. During the revolution when our villa was guarded by soldiers they asked if they could put the awnings down on the ver- andah, for the moonlight would make them sick, and once when I was ill during the night we couldnlt get the doctor, for he said he had a cold and would not dare go out in the moon- light l ' The fiesta is an important part of Cuban life and the feast is a very good one, but the main dish was usually stewed goat, which was good if you didn't know it was goat I We used to go swimming in a cove called Buena Vista, but it was dangerous to go out very far for there were many sharks and barracudas. Once a large fish must have frightened a school of small barracudas, for they came in close to shore and we were cut slightly by them. We got out of the water very quickly. Quite often Cuba has an awful cyclone which destroys many houses and buildings. We were awakened about four o'clock one morning by soldiers who were going along the Playa, which is the water front, warning all the people living there to seek shelter on a higher level. The wind blew from about 30 to 120 miles an hour and we saw trees and roofs blown away and large corner stones of buildings lifted and blown for several yards. The waves looked like mountains. I was very glad when it was over. One nice thing about it was that we had a rare treat afterwardsf the heart of the royal palm tree is very good to eat, but there is a law against cutting the trees down, so after the wind blew them down we could have all the palm hearts we wanted to eat l XYhile we were there a revolution broke out against President Machado. He had to leave the country and there were many presidents after that and everything was very upset and dangerous. I saw a mob of thousands of people destroy the governor's house and break up all his furniture. For over a week we had about 100 refugees in our house. They would have been killed by the mob if we hadn't saved them. For weeks there were hundreds of soldiers guarding our house. My mother and I finally had to leave Cuba, for it was no longer safe to live there. XIII., Form B. llll

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FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 193641937 Senior swimming, iirst, R. B. Sullivan, second, YY. M. Palmer. Junior swimming, first, .-X. B. Little, second, S. Day. Badminton, YY. R. F. Fleming defeated L. E. B. Walsh, 15-3. Ping-pong, first, XYalter Palmer, second, J. Chevalier. The winning hockey team included K. Porter, YY. May, B. Little, R. Tomlinson, B. Ramsey, .-X. Ramsey, YY. Palmer and YY. Fleming. M. L., Form 6. The Singing Qlllass The Singing Class has been held during the Faster Term on Monday and Friday afternoons from 5f6 p.m. at the Church Hall on the corner of Wood and Western .-Xvenues. Cp to date, the following boys have -ioined the class: -- Scott 1 K 2, Stanger 1 Sk 2, Suther- land 1, Bovey, O'Hanlon, Kirkegaard, Garneau, Buchanan, Penheld, Ker 2, Church, Reford, Maclienzie and Hayes. Voice training has been given and aural defects corrected, elementary theory has been taught from the blackboard, and songs learnt from the very comprehensive selection contained in Songs for Canadian Boys. The class will be held again during the summer term and new members will be welcome. It should be borne in mind that a good singing voice is not essential at the outset-enthusiasm and a reasonably accurate ear are of far greater importance. F.G.P. iiazaltb To ge! hir wmlfh he .fpenl lzif health, .Jud than wifh miglzf and main, He 1111718117 fzromzd, and .vpfnl l1i.r wezzflh, To get hif lzmffh again .' .ind lflfll he Jeezzmz' fo be romenf, For in fha and he gfzizmz' hi: lzeafflz, Jim' af rzfong fjfefv road he welll, Hefozmd if beffarfrzr lhalz uwzfllz f V B.P., Form -l. l23l